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| nctnico:
--- Quote from: Fungus on March 29, 2022, 12:11:51 pm --- --- Quote from: nctnico on March 29, 2022, 11:26:32 am --- --- Quote from: bdunham7 on March 29, 2022, 02:38:08 am ---Do tell. You appear not to like them and you may have valid reasons, but I can't think of anything Siglent has that can reasonably be called 'expensive' for what it is. --- End quote --- In the past decade I have spend (directly and indirectly) over 5k euro on Siglent gear for professional use and it all fell short when the pedal had to go to the metal. Useless for the purpose it was bought for and thus a waste of money (= expensive mistake). The most recent low was the SDG2k generator which is highly recommended on this forum and was supposed to have mature firmware. NOT! --- End quote --- Are you referring to things like this? https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-sgd2042x-rotary-encoder-poor-performance/msg3565446/#msg3565446 (look at the dates, that's been years without a fix and it's quite fundamental) --- End quote --- No. Such things can be overcome. I'm about functional limitations (things that should work but don't). |
| bdunham7:
--- Quote from: geneonline on March 29, 2022, 08:12:10 am ---Current dilemma is to finish deciding on a decent choice for a soldering iron. Macal seems epic, but too much for my current skill level. I see almost everyone has a Hakko of some sort, many of their products just don't really feel like a good bank for buck. --- End quote --- Keep in mind that Metcal uses fixed temperature tips. This isn't really a problem as such as their design theory is a bit different--the tips are 'self-regulated', so fixed temperature doesn't mean fixed power. Still, for starting out and general work, I'd recommend going with something where you can afford a good assortment of various tips. IMO the minimum acceptable soldering tool is the Hakko FX888D. It is moderate power (60W) and indirectly heated, so it's main attraction is the availability of a huge variety of excellent tips. Avoid any off-brand tips, they all suck. I would start with this and see how you like it--for $100 you can relegate it to backup status if you decide to upgrade later, or resell it. From there I'd look at the Pace ADS200B, although they have increased in price recently I still think they are good bang-for-buck and . Someday I might have to sell a scope or something and get their hot tweezers... Or you could just go pro with this: https://paceworldwide.com/mbt360-multi-channel-soldering-and-rework-station-w-td-200-mt-200-and-sx-100 |
| JimLev:
Geneonline, with all this talk about power supplies you got me looking and thinking about the single channel supply I bought 2 years ago, a DCP3010D 30v 10amp voltage and current adjustable supply. Nothing fancy, LED readout for both V&I w/course and fine adj. It’s now going to be added to my for sale list as soon as my Siglent SPD3303X-E arrives from Saelig. With the discount and no sales tax I saved $52. Thanks for starting this thread. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: JimLev on March 29, 2022, 04:50:36 pm ---Geneonline, with all this talk about power supplies you got me looking and thinking about the single channel supply I bought 2 years ago, a DCP3010D 30v 10amp voltage and current adjustable DCP3010D supply. --- End quote --- That looks like it is a switching power supply. I strongly recommend against using a switching PSU for circuit testing / development work. It will output way too much noise and obscure measurement results. |
| JimLev:
Thanks for the info. My current supply is also a switching supply. I have others than are not switching. Update, 4.3.22 After testing the new PS at full load there is only 10mv of noise. It doesn’t interfere with the AM radio next to it like my old switching supply did. |
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